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How to Win Zac vs Amumu Counter MatchupZac is in the s tier of champions

Zac vs Amumu

How to Beat Amumu as Zac in LoLZac is in the b tier of champions
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How to Beat Amumu as Zac

based on 2,069 Zac vs Amumu matchups
Win Rate
54.2 %
K/D/A
3.35
Pick Rate
2.4 %

How We Analyze LoL Champion Counters

We produce our counter statistics from the millions of rated LoL rounds that we evaluate every week. This guide on how to beat Amumu as Zac resulted from an analysis of 2069 ranked matches where both champs clashed against one another. This particular pairing is fairly rare. Zac has to counter Amumu in only 2.4% of his matches.

Zac vs Amumu Matchup Summary

Zac does a great job of countering Amumu. Normally, he wins a terrific 54.2% of the time the champions fight one another in. In Zac against Amumu rounds, Zac’s team is 0.0% more likely to get first blood, indicating that he probably will be able to get first blood against Amumu.

Best Zac vs Amumu Counter Build

Items

Starter Items

Time Target
Health PotionWorld Atlas

Early Items

~5 Mins
BootsCloth Armor

Core Zac Items

~22 Mins
Sunfire AegisThornmailRanduin's Omen

Optional Items

Abyssal MaskUnending DespairLiandry's TormentKaenic Rookern

Summoner Spells

summonerflash summoner spell D
summonersmite summoner spell F

Skill Order

First skill for Zac to level upw
>
Second ability for Zac to level upe
>
Last skill for Zac to max outq

Runes

ResolveAftershockFont of LifeConditioningRevitalize
PrecisionTriumphLegend: Tenacity
Ability HasteArmorHealth Scaling
Zac's passive ability p
Zac's q ability q
Zac's w ability w
Zac's e ability e
Zac's ultimate ability r
1
W
2
Q
3
E
4
W
5
W
6
R
7
W
8
E
9
W
10
E
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R
12
E
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E
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Q
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Q
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R

Guide to Countering Amumu as Zac

Tips for Playing as Zac against Amumu

Picking up goo chunks is very important to staying alive.

When Cell Division is ready, try to die in a position that makes it difficult for the enemy team to kill your bloblets.

Charging Elastic Slingshot from the fog of war will give opponents less time to react.

Advice to Win Against Amumu

Amumu's Despair makes purchasing primarily Health items a risky proposition.

Erratic movement, or hiding behind creep waves can make it difficult for Amumu to instigate a fight with Bandage Toss.

Avoid bunching up with other allies when Amumu has his ultimate available.

Zac vs Amumu Counter Stats

Zac Image
Win Rate
54.2 %
VS
Win Rate
45.8 %
Amumu Image
4.7
< Kills >
4.1
4.9
< Deaths >
6.4
11.7
< Assists >
10.7
1.07
< Killing Sprees >
0.88
56
< Minions Killed >
32
1.03
< Dragons Killed >
1.32
0.45
< Inhibitors >
0.35
1,421
< Physical Damage >
1,503
15,446
< Magic Damage >
11,920
1,157
< True Damage >
2,566
18,024
< Damage Dealt >
15,990
42,021
< Damage Taken >
33,027
10,894
< Gold Earned >
10,520
1.5
< Towers >
1.05
0.24
< Baron Takedowns >
0.31
43,879
< Total Healing >
11,625
13,212
< Experience >
12,509
22
< Vision Score >
25
8
< Wards Placed >
9
459
< Time Dealing CC >
256

How to Counter Amumu with Zac in LoL

The stats shown on this page emphasize some strategic Zac vs. Amumu counter statistics that may help us explain the differences and similarities between these two champs. As an example, Zac’s KDA ratio ([kills + assists] / deaths) of NaN is greater than Amumu’s ratio of NaN, indicating that Zac may be more central to his team's team fighting capability than Amumu..

Zac normally has a similar longest killing spree as his opponent does. Commonly, he receives more damage than Amumu. This commonly reflects differing health capacities, but it can also show that the one champ has less agility and thus is not able to kite away from additional damage when engaged or poked.

Differences between Zac and Amumu

Damage Types Compared

Zac
Amumu
Physical Damage
Magic Damage
True Damage

Champion Playstyles Compared

Zac
Amumu

Who is Better, Zac or Amumu?

Both League of Legends champions are great champions. Both have their pros and cons. In League's current meta, Zac usually wins when facing off against Amumu, with a 54.2% win rate. As a result, Zac makes a great counter for Amumu.

While Zac does have a much higher winrate than Amumu, when facing one another, Zac also has a much greater learning curve that makes him a more challenging character to pick up and master. You don't need to be too worried when picking Zac into Amumuas his relative depth means that you may not be able to unleash his full potential without a lot of practice beforehand.

Additionally, Zac has some amount of CC and other utility, a similar amount to Amumu. This often makes her just as valuable during teamfights, especially when facing champions with a ton of burst damage.

While there isn't a single best champion in League of Legends, in Zac vs Amumu matchups, Zac is the better champ with a noticably higher win rate, more champion depth, and a similar amount of utility to help out your teammates during team fights.

Zac is a great counter to Amumu. Focus your tactics on maximizing your gold and cs and destroying objectives. If you can do that, you should hold your own as Zac against Amumu.

Other Champion Matchups Against Zac

Zac Loses Against

LilliaLillia44.5% winrateKledKled46.7% winrateMordekaiserMordekaiser47% winrateRenata GlascRenata Glasc47.4% winrate

Zac Wins Against

NidaleeNidalee60.1% winrateYuumiYuumi57.9% winrateZoeZoe57.3% winrateKarthusKarthus57.1% winrate

Top Synergies by Role

BardBard+ 55.6% 2434 GamesMaster YiMaster Yi+ 55.9% 1531 GamesLilliaLillia+ 57.2% 1878 GamesViVi+ 58.5% 892 Games

Additional Information for Zac Players

How We Calculated Our Zac vs Amumu Build and Stats

For this guide on countering Amumu as Zac, we analyzed 2,069 matchups from recent LoL games. We use rigorous data cleaning and processing methods to ensure that our counter stats are of the highest quality. You can rest assured that the recommended build to counter Amumu as Zac comes from real data and is not the fabrication of some random LoL player, as some other sites provide. You can use the filters at the top of the page to view the most relevant stats and items to your rank.

Other Useful Resources

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Further Insights to Win this Matchup

To learn all of the intricacies of Zac to counter Amumu during both the lane and mid / late game phases of League of Legends, you should keep reading to pick up a few extra tricks and insights into this matchup. If you mind the build and stats presented above, you will grow your win rate by a lot and be closer to League of Legends pro players.

Zac typically racks up more CS relative to Amumu. Champs who on average don't acquire much CS often don't have to have much CS to be effective, such as support champions. These kinds of champions are capable of scaling properly off of their skills, stats, and first items alone. Yet, champions with large amounts of CS, such as hyper-carries, typically need several high cost items to be effective. In either situation, try to do better than the values displayed here to do well.

The top items to have in your Zac versus Amumu build include Sunfire Aegis, Thornmail, and Randuin's Omen. When Zac included at least these three items in his build, he did much better against Amumu than with many other common item sets. In fact, Zac had an average winrate of 54.2% battling Amumu with these items in his kit.

To have the best chance of defeating Amumu as Zac, Zac players should take the Aftershock, Font of Life, Conditioning, Revitalize, Legend: Tenacity, and Triumph runes from the Resolve and Precision rune sets. Out of all the rune combinations we have analyed for Zac vs Amumu face-offs, this blending of runes yielded the greatest win rate. Moreover, these runes provided a 54.2% win rate overall.

By default, tips, stats, and builds on how to beat Amumu as Zac are shown for all ranked divisions combined. To narrow the stats and builds to an individual rank, you should use the selection menu earlier in the counter matchup guide.